Conservation GIS scholar. I use remote sensing & spatial analysis for wildlife and sustainability work. Heavy doses of anthropology.
Occupied Agawam/Nipmuc land
Joined January 2019
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Happy to announce "Geographic risk assessment of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans invasion in Costa Rica as a means of informing emergence management and mitigation" is available & #OpenAccess in @PLOSONE .
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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We modeled potential habitat suitability of the invasive pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (deadly to salamanders) and incorporated salamander #biodiversity and tourist visitation rates to identify high priority monitoring areas.
ALT Map showing B.Sal suitability across Costa Rica. Suitability is highest in mountains and along the northeast. Suitability is low in the west. Parks identified as high priority for monitoring are Chirripo, Volcan Irazu, Barulio Carrillo, Humedal Caribe Noreste, and Internacional La Amistad.
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Avoiding the enemy while searching for dinner: Understanding the temporal niche of the threatened clouded tiger-cat sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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As I reflect on my sabbatical, I’m proud to share that I’ve dedicated much of my time to developing a free, online e-book:
Applied Geostatistics in Python: A Hands-on Guide with GeostatsPy 📘💻.
Looking back, with 32 comprehensive chapters—each featuring theory, code, data, and fully documented workflows—I feel a deep sense of accomplishment ✨. This resource is not just a collection of technical content but a practical guide to mastering geostatistics in Python 🔍📊.
Leaving industry to join academia has been an incredible opportunity to give back 🎓, and I’m thrilled to see the positive feedback from those learning and applying #geostatistics 🙌. It’s been an exciting journey, and I can’t wait for more people to explore this content 🌍.
Check it out here: geostatsguy.github.io/Geosta… ∀.
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Unraveling the impact of dog-friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wi… #DogsvsWildlife #UrbanEcology #CameraTraps @NordicOikos @WileyEcolEvol
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🚨 New paper 🚨
The best of two worlds: using stacked generalization for integrating expert range maps in species distribution models.
With Julian Oeser, @TobiasKuemmerle and more!
doi.org/10.1111/geb.13911
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🚨 job alert!
We just opened a PhD position in my lab for a crazy interesting and important project with @ETH_en and the @ICRC
We will look into new ways to use nightlight 🛰 data for characterising humanitarian crisis situations!
Apply: careers.epfl.ch/job/Sion-PhD…
@EssTechEPFL
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🚨🚨🚨I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Toxic Prisons Mapping Project, Beta - a participatory research initiative to map the environmental hazards faced by prisons, jails, and detention centers. See toxicprisons.com & 🧵 below
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If you missed today's #RecoveryWednesday #BlackMammalogists Human-Wildlife Coexistence panel with @RaeWynnGrant @ZoeNhleko & @kudzishaun, don't fret!
Here's the recording! Share with anyone interested: youtube.com/watch?v=4ZQAwgy_…
ALT A flier describing an event called "Human-Wildlife Coexistence Panel" for Black Mammalogists Week 2024. Featuring Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, Dr. Zoliswa Nhleko, and Kudzai Shaun Mpakairi. Link to join: https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024Coexistence
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And our second partner event for #BlackMammalogists week!
Join us on Friday 9/20 (12pm PT/3pm ET) to learn how to get involved in @NASA PANGEA, an int'l effort to scope a field campaign about tropical forests on a changing planet. 🌍 🛰️
Register here: tinyurl.com/BMW2024pangea
ALT the pangea flyer: friday september 20th engagement workshop, going from 3 to 5 pm EST (12 to 2 pm PST). Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcu2uqD8iE9wdpxev5-Vv19-00JaXl1Vb. Lola Fatoyinbo (NASA Goddard), António Ferraz (NASA JPL/UCLA), Ian McCubbin (NASA JPL), Elsa Ordway (UCLA), Isaac Aguilar (Caltech). PANGEA website: https://tropicalforestscoping.com/
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.@WWF @TheWCS The conservation model in DRC, based on the creation of people-free wilderness areas, has resulted in horrific abuses, while Protected Areas are left open to resource extraction. #Indigenous communities should not be excluded from their ancestral land but should be central actors in conservation efforts & recognized as stewards of their lands.
@ndycurrier @LongoFiore @Survival @landislife @MinorityRights @BuzzFeed @MongabayOrg @ICCAConsortium @GRAIN_org @11thHour @josephvlee @Oleshangay @DenisMoses14
New report unveils how conservation NGOs @WWF @TheWCS running some of #DRC’s national parks have failed to address horrendous atrocities committed against #Indigenous communities by security forces & ecoguards responsible for “environmental protection” & yet @KfW_int @giz_gmbh @USFWS continue to finance material support & training.
Learn more: bit.ly/DRConservation
@Mittaloak
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It’s interesting that team size plays a role in attrition from academia, especially for #WomeninSTEM and international scholars. Larger teams hoard the funding and prestige, and those caught in the middle struggle to get tenure-track positions 🧐. science.org/content/article/…
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LSG members, you have until the end of the day TODAY to vote for Program Director, Treasurer, and Graduate Student Representative. Please get those votes in!
If you're looking to be more involved in other ways, don't be shy & get in touch with us. We'd love to hear your ideas!
LSG Members, take a few minutes to vote for your elected representatives. All current members in good standing are eligible to vote.
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ALT It's time to vote. LSG members, please take a quick minute to vote for the Executive Committee!
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New #TeachingTools post out today by Kim Fernandes (@kimmerrlee) entitled: "Pedagogies for a Particular Time," which focuses on disability and devising ways to think about building classrooms that better fit our missions of accessibility and activism.⬇️
culanth.org/fieldsights/peda…
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Out now! Joan Martínez-Alier and Goutam Karmakar examine the discourses of the Anthropocene, the Capitalocene, political ecology, and the Entropocene, exploring environmental (in)justices and focussing on decolonial approaches to addressing them.
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
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Key research frontiers for modelling ecosystem services: downscaling drivers, dynamic social-ecological feedbacks, disaggregating outcomes for distributional equity analysis. Must read paper lead by @beckyck. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🚨New paper🚨
Where are conflict and coexistence prone areas for pumas and humans in the Argentine Dry Chaco? Check out our recently published paper!
With @sofiananni85 , @ArashGhoddousi, @Alf_RomeroM, Jamie, Matthias, Julieta and @TobiasKuemmerle.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13920
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📢We’re hiring! @ubc Geography is seeking a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences.
Application deadline is Sept. 4th.
Learn more and apply: geog.ubc.ca/job-opportunitie…
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Assuming decolonial work equates with Global South is so damaging (and invisibilizing of) to Indigenous EJ activism and existing North/South EJ activist connections. Not recognizing the actual histories of EJ scholarship and practices in activism actively harm the movement. 2/3
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Biden promised to clean up heavily polluted communities. Here is how advocates say he did apnews.com/article/biden-env…
